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Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.4), WoS AHCI/SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | 24 / 254 | 90th | Q1 |
| Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects | 20 / 53 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 146 / 330 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 24 of 254), Q2 in Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects (rank 20 of 53) and Q2 in Health Policy (rank 146 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.610, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 40.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,790 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1747-5341.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 2.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #11 of 233 Scopus journals in History and Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine published 43 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (11.4%), Iran (11.1%) and Germany (10.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (5.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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